Improvement in wood and coal boxes



A. STAUTZ. Wood and Goal Boxes.

No. 196,052. Patented Oct. 9, 1877.

INVENTOR I"'IIIIIII"I I WITNESSES NJEIERS, FHOTD-LITHOGRAPHER.WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

ARTHUR STAUTZ, OF'NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN WOOD AND COAL BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,052, dated October9, 1877; application filed September 1, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR STAUTZ, of the city of New York, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and.useful Improvements in Wood and Goal Boxes; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will en able others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompany-- ingdrawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

My invention relates to combined coal and wood boxes for stores,offices, private rooms, and the like, and has for its object theconvenient handling of coal and wood with entire cleanliness.

It consists of an upright box or case provided with a tight lid or top,and so arranged in the interior, by partitions or chutes, that theentire amount of coal contained in the box tends always toward a pit inthe lower corner, the partitions formingat the same time a separatecompartment for wood.

Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsection, showing the interior as seen from the back of the box.

In the drawings, a shows the lid or top of my box; I), the door of thewood-compartment; c, the lip to the opening of the coal-pit. d is theshovel, and e the catch by which the shovel is held in position whenused to close the opening of the coal-pit.

The interior arrangement is shown in Fig. 2. The coal-compartment f isformed by the obtuse-angular partition or chute g, by means of which thecoal is thrown toward the lower corner or pit. This partition also formsthe roof and side of the wood-compartment h.

()n the inner side of the outer wall of the pit Iprovide a shoulder, i,which serves to strengthen and contract the mouth m or pit, and actsalso as a chute. The coal is thrown toward the rear of the pit by meansof the check is, attached to the interior above the opening, and is thusprevented from falling out of the mouth. The shovel d is made to fit theopening and the bottom of the pit. It has a flat bottom and verticalsides, so that it may be readily inserted under the coal in the pit tothe extreme rear of the box, and no more coal than it can hold will bewithdrawn. The lip c is slightly inclined upward, and no coal will fallupon the floor or carpet.

The shovel is designed to be used as a door to close the opening of thepit. The woodcompartment is closed by a door, also, on the front of thebox.

This box maybe made of sheet-iron or other metal, or even of wood, andcan be ornamented at will, making a neat as well as useful article ofhouseholdfurniture. An ordinary sizeten inches wide, twenty two incheslong, and twenty-four inches high will hold one bushel of coal and ahalf bushel of kindling-wood. It may be made large enough to hold a tonof coal and a correspondin quantity of wood, and of shape to fit achimney-recess, or in any other form desired.

By means of a slot in the handle of the shovel and a staple in the frontof the box, a lock may be attached, as shown at l.

I claim as of my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1.In a wood and coal box, the combination of the obtuse-angular transversepartition, separating the wood and coal compartments, with the shoulderi, together forming the contracted coal-pit, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. In a wood and coal box, the combination of the check 70 with theshoulderi and front opening on and lip c, as and for the purposesspecified.

3. The combination of the lip c, catch 0, and shovel d, when used as adoor to close the opening m of a wood and coal box, substantially asshown and described.

4. As anew article of manufacture, the herein described wood and coalbox, having the openings in front, the wood-co1npart1nent being closedby a door, and the coal-compartment by the shovel and catch, as shownand described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR STAUTZ. l/Vitnesses:

JOHN H. BRUNJEs, WILLIAM M00. BURKE.

